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Hawthorne Bridge and downtown, Portland
PortlandHawthorne Bridge and downtown
The old town below the fortress, Salzburg
SalzburgThe old town below the fortress

Photos: Portland by Cacophony, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Salzburg by Leonhard Niederwimmer, Pexels License.

Portland or Salzburg?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Portland for

  • nightlife
  • food and drink
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Portland’s own page.

Choose Salzburg for

  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Salzburg’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Portland 20, Salzburg 35: Salzburg leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Portland 68, Salzburg 45: Portland leads by 23 points.
Culture & sights. Portland 38, Salzburg 72: Salzburg leads by 34 points.
Nightlife. Portland 52, Salzburg 25: Portland leads by 27 points.
Nature & outdoors. Portland 84, Salzburg 86: Salzburg leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Portland 58, Salzburg 80: Salzburg leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Portland 55, Salzburg 65: Salzburg leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Portland 62, Salzburg 72: Salzburg leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Portland 52, Salzburg 48: Portland leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Portland 38, Salzburg 32: Portland leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Portland 55, Salzburg 80: Salzburg leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Portland 42, Salzburg 55: Salzburg leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Portland and Salzburg.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Portland
52match

Wins on nightlife and food and drink with your weighting.

Salzburg
Best match
58match

Wins on culture and sights and live music and the arts with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Portland in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Salzburg in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
159 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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PortlandSalzburg

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Portland: 1991-2020 normals, Portland International Airport (9.8 km from centre). Salzburg: 1991-2020 normals, Salzburg (3.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePortlandSalzburg
Official language-German, Austrian Sign Language
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-8, UTC-7 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation152 m424 m
Main airportPortland International Airport (PDX)10 km from centre88 non-stop destinationsSalzburg Airport (SZG)3 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasurePortlandSalzburg
City population652,503155,021
People per km²1,7362,360
Museums within 10 km1738
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.